“someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering—no matter what you may think of them and their supposed… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. 'How much do you love me?' And,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I won the argument against the knife that night, but barely. I had some other good ideas around that time--about how jumping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Well, child, you may do whatever you like with your suffering,” Hanneke said mildly. “It belongs to you. But I shall tell… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
creative people always suffer from depression because we're so super sensitive and special? — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“When it comes to developing a worldview, we tend to face this false division: Either you are a realist who says the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Take care of the problems now, or else you'll just have to suffer again later when you scew everything up the next… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
How much do you love me?' and "Who's in charge?" ....these two questions of LOVE and CONTROL undo us ALL, trip us… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'm trying to dismantle a stereotype that in order to live any kind of creative life, you have to be in torment… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
They say that there are three kinds of people in the world. There are people who never learn one way or another… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering. Then, let go.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“As someone who struggles with anxiety and cowardice, as we all do, I’m profoundly inspired by. . . . full-on commitment to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There’s this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that occurs not despite our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Maybe this is just some stupid romantic South American idea, but I need you to understand-darling, for you, I am even willing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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